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Navanethem "Navi" Pillay (born 23 September 1941) is a South African jurist who served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. A South African of Indian Tamil origin, she was the first non-white woman judge of the High Court of South Africa,[1] and she has also served as a judge of the International Criminal Court and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Her four-year term as High Commissioner for Human Rights began on 1 September 2008[2] and was extended an additional two years in 2012.[3] She was succeeded in September 2014 by Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad. In April 2015 Pillay became the 16th Commissioner of the International Commission Against the Death Penalty.[4] She is also one of the 25 leading figures on the Information and Democracy Commission launched by Reporters Without Borders.[5]
Pillay has spent much of her legal career advocating for the preservation of international human rights law, with a special focus on crimes regarding rape and sexual violence.[6]
- ^ Reuters (28 July 2008). "FACTBOX-South Africa's Pillay is new human rights chief". Retrieved on 30 July 2008.
- ^ Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2008). "Navanethem Pillay confirmed as new High Commissioner for Human Rights". Retrieved on 30 July 2008.
- ^ Navanethem Pillay
- ^ "Navanethem Pillay new ICDP Commissioner | International Commission against the Death Penalty". www.icomdp.org. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ^ "Navi Pillay | Reporters without borders". 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Judge Navanethem Pillay". International Criminal Court. Retrieved 2023-10-31.